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[JamesV6CDX]

Earlier in the year I purchased a couple of these from Amazon. They retail at around £8



To be fair, I expected the quality to be shocking, but I was curious.

The footage below was taken a few months ago from the rear facing camera in my BMW. Although it's far from perfect, when the speed limit drops from a 40 to a 30 and the car behind gets a bit closer, you can read the number plate quite clearly.

When the car behind me, in the footage, gets frustrated with the cars in front travelling a shade under the speed limit, he overtakes a few of us at once in the 30, and you get some very clear footage of what's going on.

Whilst not the best quality, in the event of a collision I think it would be worth it's weight in gold at proving liability And goes to show that a cheap one, is better than nothing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roJ-hteXQq0

[Mister Rog]

I bought one of those a while back, and as you say acceptable and better than nothing. I just found it too big and cumbersome in the dash/windscreen space, particularly as I use a screen mounted sat nav as well. I'm looking for one that's small and unobstrusive, but obviuosly it's going to cost a lot more 

[JamesV6CDX]

I bought one of those a while back, and as you say acceptable and better than nothing. I just found it too big and cumbersome in the dash/windscreen space, particularly as I use a screen mounted sat nav as well. I'm looking for one that's small and unobstrusive, but obviuosly it's going to cost a lot more 

I haven't tried to mount one in the Omega, but in the BMW, it sits nicely above the rear view mirror if you wish, and with the screen folded up, you don't even know it's there

[YZ250]

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Whilst not the best quality,.....................................

It's clear enough to see that you left the Sportsmans Garage in Longwick and travelled past Bryant's Timber Yard and along the Longwick road towards Kingsey if I'm not mistaken. 

[JamesV6CDX]

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Whilst not the best quality,.....................................

It's clear enough to see that you left the Sportsmans Garage in Longwick and travelled past Bryant's Timber Yard and along the Longwick road towards Kingsey if I'm not mistaken. 

Indeed, you are local to me

[YZ250]

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Whilst not the best quality,.....................................

It's clear enough to see that you left the Sportsmans Garage in Longwick and travelled past Bryant's Timber Yard and along the Longwick road towards Kingsey if I'm not mistaken. 

Indeed, you are local to me

He overtook way too early in the 30mph zone, ................... even I wait until I get to the wide part just as you leave the 30 zone.   

[JamesV6CDX]

Yes once you leave the 30 there are some good overtaking opportunities along there

[STEMO]

It's not the law that you have to overtake. You can actually just tag along...if you want.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Does the job, and to be honest, I'm not sure how much you could pay before you think 'this extra cost isn't worth the increase in vid quality' £8's just great  perhaps size/ease of mounting discreetly would be the critical defining factor for a more expensive unit? I am keen on getting one, so watch such threads as this with interest. 

[Mister Rog]

It's not the law that you have to overtake. You can actually just tag along...if you want.

Quite    I find that I rarely overtake these days, unless the vehicle in front really is VERY slow. As I get older I see that it just isn't worth even the smallest risk. And, round my way the "accident" (collision) rate is appalling, mostly people overtaking on country roads. They really are quite nuts around here. Nope, I'll be boring and stay alive thank you.

[JamesV6CDX]

I would never overtake without ample clear view and distance, so on so forth.

I still overtake when it's safe and legal though. If it's safe to make progress up to the speed limit, I will.

And I know first hand how quickly it can all go very wrong

[YZ250]

I might have a look at one of those. I have a NextBase dash cam but wouldn't mind one like yours just for rear facing view. 

[JamesV6CDX]

I might have a look at one of those. I have a NextBase dash cam but wouldn't mind one like yours just for rear facing view. 

Which one? Have been contemplating the 512g

[YZ250]

I might have a look at one of those. I have a NextBase dash cam but wouldn't mind one like yours just for rear facing view. 

Which one? Have been contemplating the 512g

Mine's the 202, which is one of the earlier models. It does what I require from it and is clear enough on play back so I'm happy enough with it but a cheapy rear facing would be handy. 

[Nick W]

Does the job, and to be honest, I'm not sure how much you could pay before you think 'this extra cost isn't worth the increase in vid quality' £8's just great  perhaps size/ease of mounting discreetly would be the critical defining factor for a more expensive unit?

That was my concern, as you do NOT need a big screen on the thing. You don't actually need a screen on it at all, as like a sat-nav, you're not going to watch it as you drive. Nor do you need a large memory card, as you're only ever going to be interested in the last few minutes of driving.


I bought a Mini 0801 with GPS for about £100 3 years ago. It's about the size of a mini swiss-roll, and mounted between the screen and rearview mirror isn't visible when driving. It's barely visible from outside unless you know it's there.





I hardwired it into the sunroof wiring, using a tiny 12v to USB converter, so that it goes on and off with the ignition which is essential. And there's only a few mm of wire visible if you look for it.


As you would expect, in three years they've improved it; with better quality(it's pretty good at 1080p), more features and a lower price. It's now the Mini 0806

[ted_one]

Also now have these in all the cars.....cheap as chips, and as you say not to bad performance for the money. Put them in 'to late' after swmbo got rammed by a BMW reversing at speed on her side of the road, and although stationary and sounding her horn he managed to damage her car so badly it took 5 weeks to repair it,and she got a knock for knock decision because the other driver said she drove into him, and although there was a witness she suddenly was never available to speak to the  wife's insurance company who were less than helpful over the whole situation. Car driver ....retard, insurance company limp wristed lazy retards

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Got Transcend DrivePro 200 dash cams front and rear very clear picture, can see number plates easy, Decent low light picture quality also. That's one thing to consider this time of year you'll need to have a dash cam that works good enough. Granted the rear camera is almost useless in the dark but the front is very good especially with the HIDs lighting the road.

[YZ250]

Mine sits behind the rear view mirror and is not visible from the driving position. It does have a small screen built in, like a digital camera, and the purpose of this is so that if you are involved in an incident you can remove it from the vehicle and use it as a digital camera to keep all of the evidence in one place. Most would just take piccies on their phone though. 
It has shock function, so it records instantly if the car gets hit while parked up, night vision and auto save in the event of a collision. Obviously you can save bits manually so they don't get overwritten.
In reality, you just fit and forget, as they start automatically with the ignition. The bad language on mine is atrocious when played back, I never realised that I curse other drivers for their mistakes so often.